Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. XL.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 667
occasion of his going out of the house, it acts as a
safeguard against the troubles of smoke and dust
(assailing him on the road) owing to the consequent
moist mucous secretion in the nostrils. When used
after the exertion of physical exercise, coition or a
journey, it serves to remove the sense of consequent
fatigue, and when used after micturition or defecation
it tends to remove the dulness or heaviness of vision.
When applied after gargling or after an application of
collyrium (along the eyelids) it serves to invigorate
the eye-sight. When applied on an empty stomach, it
cleanses the internal channels of the body and imparts a
lightness to it. Taken after an act of emesis it tends
to cleanse the mucous (S'leshmd) deposit on the beds of
the internal ducts of the body and thus brings on a
fresh appetite for food. When taken after a day-sleep
it tends to remove the sense of drowsiness and physical
heaviness and purges the filthy accumulations (in the
nose, etc.) thus bringing about a concentrated state of
the mind. When taken in the evening it brings on a
good sleep and an easy awakening. 35.
IVIetrical Texts :—The quantity of Sneha
which, being lightly snuffed in, reaches down into the
cavity of the mouth, should be deemed adequate for a
dose of the Pratimarsha (kind of snuff*). The benefit
of using a snuff" may be perceived in a variety of ways,
as it tends to cure the diseases peculiar to the super-
clavicular regions of the body, removes the cloudening
* One drop or two, or the quantity necessary to bring about a
disruption of the Doshas, is the dose of a Pratimarsha Nasya according
to Vriddha-Vagabhata.
The four forms of NasyaKarma (medicinal) snuffs, should be
prescribed for patients above seven years of age. Pratimarsha is recom-
friended in Gulma. J(rishtidlreya,